Contemplative Bible Reading

John 20:13 (New Living Translation)

“Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her.

“Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”

This is on the morning of Jesus’ resurrection. Mary Magdalene finds an empty tomb. Jesus is gone. She doesn’t assume that Jesus has risen from the dead. She doesn’t assume anything.

Mary knows what she knows: she doesn’t know where Jesus is.

She weeps. What else could she do? This is a person who doesn’t know where to seek her Savior.

This is the state of many persons throughout history up to today. They know they need a Savior; they don’t know where to seek their Savior.

Through the grace of God and my family, I know where to seek the Savior. So, what am I doing with and for those who weep inside because they are like Mary, they don’t know where to seek their Savior.